Report enbe Chamah City

ENBE | FINAL PROJECT | PART A REPORT | THE BETTER CITY OF THE FUTURE

Introduction

As the one of our subject, Elements of Natural Built Enviroment (ENBE) in Foundation

in Natural Built Enviroment (FNBE), we were required to propuse a plan or a future city -

The “X-City”. The student were structered in groups and discuss on which enviroment

that they would want ther cities to be such as Floating In the Air, Water, Underground,

Underwater or any combination of any of the two elements and thus clarify why.

Furthermore, I have done through exploration upon the term “city” itself to comprehend

the aim of this project well enough to propuse a perfect city for my people. Then, I

looked up references from the Internet on sustainabilty, liveable city, renewable

resources, urban planning to know more detil on how to enhance the lifestyle of the

people and the sae time advance the city’s sustainable living infrastructure,

transportations and enviroment.

Through this assigment, it exposed me a lot on how the cities should focuses on

The needs of people

Zoning & structure of the city

Implementation of sustainabilty & walkability

The Facilities & infrastructres

Uses of renewable resources

Transportaion linkages

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What is a City

Urban Definition

The city is a part of our lives and our language: we might sat. “ I live in a city” or “I live

near a city” or “ Im moving to a city”. We know what we mean when we make these

statements because we have certain ideas about the city. A large town with bright lights,

tall buildings and traffic jams.

What makes a city a City?

Cities have been called the highest forms of social organization. Think of the complexity

of road systems, transportation, building laws, markeys, food distribution, educatioal

systems, etc., and you get an idea of what is meant by that statement. But that complexity

didn’t spring up over night. It is the result of long years of human development.

What makes a city a City?

Cities have been called the highest forms of socail organazition. Think the complexity of

road systems, traspotation, building laws, business centre, sport events, food distribution,

educational systems, sanitation, utilities, land usage, housing and etc,. But the complexity

didnt spring up over nigh. It is the result of long years of human development. A city is a

relatively large and permanent human settlement. Cities generaly have complex system

for



Sanitation

Utilities

Land Usage

Housing

Transportation

The concentration of development greatly interaction between people and business,

benefiting both parties in the process. A big city or metropolis usually has associated

suburbs and exurbs. Such cities are usually associated with metropolitan areas and urban

areas, creating numerous business commuters traveling to urban centers fir employment.

Once a city expands far enough to reach another city, this region can bedeemed a

curbation of megalopolis.



What makes a Better City?

A good city is the capital that is able to SUSTAIN itself thus creating a great stability

between the city and its people, thus ensuring a brighter prospect for the future

generations to come.

Improved energy efficiency

Renewable-energy technology

Embrace smart technology

Modernized sewage system and supply/ sanitation system

A solid and growing economy

Fast and safe low-emission public transportation network system

Tackle traffic congestion and pollution problems

Strong tax base

Great education system

Powerful and organized police and army force protection

Affordable housing

A built in art and culture environment

Affordable medical, social services, sanitation and fire protection.



What is a Future City?

Its hard to make a statement of what is a future city and what makes it futuristoc as

everyone has their own minds and opinions. As for me, a future city consists of

everything mentioned preciously above ( What Makes a Good City). I’ve learnt that

future cities don’t really need to have flying cars swooping around skyscrapers, or

everything is designed all white, shiny and curvy. Everything goes back to square one, a

future city is a sustainable city, and the changes have already begun.



What is a pamphlet?

A pamphlet is an unbound booklet. It may consist of a single sheet of paper that is printed on both sides and folded in half, in thirds, or in quarters

It consist of information or arguments about a single subject.

Example of a pamphlet :


http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Book

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paper




INVESTIGATION AND DATA COLLECTION

Ancient City

Shibam, Yemen

Introduction to Shibam

Shibam is a town located in Yemen with about 7000 citizen and it’s famous for its mud

brick-made tower houses. It is known as the Manhattan of the desert, this timeless town

raises high on the southern tip of Arabian Peninsula with ancient structures which cohere

with the landscape. The town originally backs up to a cliff in a fertile oasis in the heart of

he Ramlat al-Sab’atayn desert in central Yemen, a flood-prone area which washed away

much of the old Shibam in 1530s. So Shibam’s inhabitants reconstructed the city on a

raised pleteau, the only area within the oasis at an elevation on high enough to stave off

another potentially catastrophic flood. The population began to grow and demand for

space, where they have no reak viable option to expand, so the architecrs built up.



Each major building is about the height form 5 to 11 stories, with each floor having

one or two apartments, placing each in a unique position. Like the fortified wall that

surrounds this fortress city, this building technique was implemented in order to protect

the people from Bedouin attacks. The incredibly tall houses and buildings, combined with

their awkward positioning on the side of the cliff, earned Shibam, as a town, earned the

title of the oldest skyscraper in the world.

To protect the buildings from rain and erosion, the exterior walls are thickly coated and

must be contsantly maintained. The domestic architecture of Shibam including its visual

impact rising out of the floodplain of te wadi, funtional design, materials and construction

techniques is an outstanding but extremely vulnerable expression of Ara and Muslim

traditional culture. After the second great flood a system of dams was built to deflect

future flood waters. The lowest was the Muza’ dam, which has been continually repaired

ever sice, so that no major damage has ben done by flood waters in the 16 th century. The

wallad city is believed to have essentially retained its form since that time.



Significant elemets of Shibam

Shibam is one of the oldest and the best example of town planning based on the

principle of vertical construction

Its plan is trapezoidal, almost rectangular. It is enclosed by earthen walls within a block of dwellings wih was

laid out on an orthogonal grid Sorrounded by a fortified wall to protect the citizens from rival

attack Well organised usage for each floor, such as the windowless lowe



floors is used for grain storage. High building was built to protect them form natural disaster The top one or two levels of all the buildings are protected form

rain by while lime plaster. Continuous surface over all the roofs, parapets and outer walls,

extending downwards in some cases about 5m form the top which makes the town look neat.

Present City



Kuala Lumpur

Kuala Lumpur is the federal capital and most populous city in Malaysia.The city covers

an area of 243 km2 (94 sq mi) and has an estimated population of 1.6 million as of

2010.Greater Kuala Lumpur, also known as the Klang Valley, is an urban agglomeration

of 6.9 million as of 2010.It is among the fastest growing metropolitan regions in the

country, in terms of population and economy.

The capital city of Malaysia acts as the centre of the parliament activity and also for


http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Klang_Valley

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Greater_Kuala_Lumpur

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Malaysia

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/City

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Capital_city


business purposes. Kuala Lumpur also hold for all sorts of entertainment. The layout of

the city considered unorganized compare to other major cities around he world because

Kuala Lumpur is constructed during the world war II era when british invade Malaysia.

The result of the war cause the construction of the city to be out of place for the most part

of capital.

Kuala Lumpur is the seat of the Parliament of Malaysia. The city was once home to the

executive and judicial branches of the federal government, but they were moved

to Putrajaya in early 1999.

Putrajaya an "Intelligent Garden City" and the federal administrative capital of Malaysia,

is a showcase city under construction some 30 km south of the capital Kuala Lumpur.

Her adjacent sister city, Cyberjaya, is built along the same lines, but is aimed at attracting


http://wikitravel.org/en/Kuala_Lumpur

http://wikitravel.org/en/Malaysia

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Putrajaya

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Parliament_of_Malaysia


the IT industry. The area was formerly known as Prang Besar.

Putrajaya covers a vast sprawl of 4,931 hectares, which were mostly palm plantations

before the federal government purchased the lot from the surrounding state of Selangor.

The city's masterplan is designed along an axial tangent which runs from the northeast to

southeast, with gently undulating terrain. About 40% of Putrajaya is natural, but the

landscape has been extensively reworked by man: lush greenery and botanical gardens

are spread across the landscape, crisscrossed by large bodies of water and wetlands. Five

confluences meet at the north forming a main waterway, the Putrajaya Lake, which flows

across the city area.

Commercial, autho riative and residential areas have been divided into precincts that

blend into each other cohesively. The set back of this city is the transportation and the

only railway it has the transit to KLIA


http://wikitravel.org/en/Selangor


Future City

Copenhagen

It os a city surrounde by water, with many parks and green spaces. An integrated public

transport network and the bycile paths that line most streets make it as possible for

residents to choose enviromenatally friendly ways to get around. And in 2008, transport

experts named the city’s train system as “The best metro in the world”.

The most populr way to get around Copenhagen is by bycicle. Copenhagen has around

400 kiometre of designated cycle tracks and more than a third of Copenhageners

commute by bike every day.

Copenhagen has an extended bus network as wll a local treain network, he “S-train:, with

84 statios throughout Copenhagen and its suburbs. Around 360,000 people use the S-train

everyday.



The Danish capital is known as one of the most bicycle-friendly cities in the world, with

bicycles actually outnumbering its inhabitants.[266][267] In 2012 some 36% of all working or

studying city-dwellers cycled to work, school, or university. With 1.27 million km

covered every working day byCopenhagen's cyclists (including both residents and

commuters), and 75% of Copenhageners cycling throughout the year.[268] The city's

bicycle paths are extensive and well used, boasting 400 km of cycle lanes not shared with

cars or pedestrians, and sometimes have their own signal systems - giving the cyclists a

lead of a couple of seconds to accelerate


http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Segregated_cycle_facilities

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Copenhagen#cite_note-268

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cycling_in_Copenhagen

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Copenhagen#cite_note-Copenhagen.27s_piles_of_bicycles-267

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Copenhagen#cite_note-266

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bicycle-friendly










The New city - Chamah Sky City

The Name

The name stands for the name of the city is Located that is at Mount Chamah.

Sky City is picked is because the city is approximately 7000 ft from the ground.

Site Location

The site location is located in Kelantan at Gunung Chamah.



First Draft : The City Vegetation





The light green displays the green land coverage

The light blue is the river



Master Plan and Zoning







Transportation





Cycling

Public Buses



Public Train





Monorel

Transportation Route





Sky City Source of Energy

Hydro Electric Energy

Windmill



Sewage System





Sewage water treatent plant





Residential

A resedential area is a land use in which housing predominates, as supposed to

industrial and comercial areas. Housing may very signifacantly between, and through ,

Resedential areas. These include single-family housing, multi-family resedential, or

mobile homes.





High Cost Resedintia;



Medium Cost Resedintial



CONTENT

1. Introduction

2. A City & Investigation of a Better City.

3. Investigation & Data Collection :

The Ancient City


The Present City


The Future City

6. The New “X” City ( Chamah Sky City)



A Better Future City

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“CHAMAH SKY CITY”

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Report enbe Chamah City